"Going to dee moon,
bork bork, bork bork,
hope we git theer soon,
bork bork, bork bork,
I cook best dish up theer
bork bork, bork bork,
Brave cook has no fear
bork bork, bork bork,
Taste yum yum, 'nauts cheer
bork bork, bork bork...
You could imagine then having a SSD that plugs into a USB port that has 32 GB of RAM cache, and thus no cycles are spent as long as you aren't swapping more than 32 GB out to disk.
Could you imagine if they allowed you to install ram directly into a slot somewhere, and skip the need to hide it in the SSD used for swap? For about $150, you could add 48gb of ram.
As AmiMoJo mentioned, RAM is integrated into the CPU package on their M2 and M3 CPU chips. You probably have an older Intel based Mac.
On models that can upgrade the SSD, they don't use a standard interface, so you must buy from Apple. The current Mac Pro, for example, offers an 8TB SSD option, but it's actually 2x 4TB modules that would replace all the storage you have. There is a hard drive cage add-on from Pegasus that can hold up to 2x 3.5" SATA drives ($399)... that seems like the only way to get storage you don't buy from Apple into it, but it's limited to SATA drives.
... current Mac Pro offering:
* $6,999 base price
* 1tb - 8tb storage!??!?!? THAT'S ALL!??!
So, how much are Apple's SSD upgrades?
* 2TB SSD Upgrade kit for for Mac Pro: $1000
* 4TB SSD Upgrade kit for for Mac Pro: $1600
* 8TB SSD Upgrade kit for for Mac Pro: $2800
Meanwhile, Samsung 990 PRO PCIe NVMe:
* 2TB: $188
* 4TB: $325
* 8TB (QVO SSD): $595
* 8TB (Corsair MP600 Pro): $979
It's not just 2x as expensive, or even 3x or 4x. It's FIVE TIMES the price of similar products. How does anyone justify that premium?
Upgrading an older Mac Pro? They sell a 1TB kit for $600... but it's actually 2x 512gb SSD's. And they all use proprietary connectors. Hard pass.
Back when you could upgrade it...
Soldered on ram in 2024 on laptops and mini desktops just blows my mind. WHY!?!?! We've been through this. Even if what they're supplying is OK today (it isn't), if there was just a slot to add more, even if it had to match whatever was soldered on, it would greatly extend the life of these machines. And they already know that most people will end up getting their upgraded ram from Apple. Cutting off that upgrade path makes no sense, IMO; It's cannibalizing their own business and users to ensure no one gets upgrades from 3rd parties.
Apple's pricing shenanigans have always rubbed me the wrong way, but I guess it doesn't matter cause I'm not buying anyway. That said, I do seem to always be so very close to jumping on their bandwagon. Moving their OS to a real Unix was huge. Moving to x86 was huge. Introducing their own CPU was huge. Xeon's in their workstations was huge. There's just always some WTF moment, like the round trashcan format used for the Mac Pro.
Speaking of the pro, if you go to their site now, there's no main menu bar. It just starts with ads for different products as you scroll down:
Vision Pro
iPhone 15 Pro
iPhone 15
WWDC Conference / MacBook Air
Watch / Apple 2030 plan
Card / Trade In
Apple TV shows
Disclaimer: I have solar panels (good investment). I do not have batteries (bad investment).
Good point, you can't imagine how much money I have spent on batteries over the years for UPS. I would never consider that an "investment" more like a cost of operation. I have solar and wind too to recharge the batteries but not enough to keep me going in the middle of the night when there is no wind and even then.
Anyway, in The Matrix, everything was done for much cheaper with human brains, maybe we should take note of that!
i view this a bit different - sure apps and companies can gather everything they want - but they can't put you in Jail and strip you of your rights. Government can. This ads a clear layer requirement before Government can outsource work to companies they know they are not allowed to do (which is what has been happening).
Pulling your data from app aggregators is no different than your library checkout history or your video rental history - and this finely puts a line in the sand on it.
Of course they can do the same as basically stripping you of your so called rights like; getting insurance at a reasonable price if able to get any just to name one because apps have snitched on you. No government needed.
Anyway, I am getting sick of those FA about legislation against big tech, the majority coming from EU. I know I am a little selfish because big tech schemes don't really impact me. I must be dreaming out loud but I think money should be invested in education instead. Educated Internet users would quickly turn down all the big tech schemes and make them useless. I mean, if no data about yourself is there, what data would there be to buy? Educate users instead and make the data about users who don't care available to everybody so there is nothing to buy! But maybe governments think educating users would diminish their power so they rather keep themselves busy making legislation, who knows?
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> but it's a robot, not a nightmare.
Those ain't mutually exclusive.
Ironically AI may help us finally make fusion energy feasible. I hope...
> What thing that the "Palestinians built" was destroyed to make way for this construction?
That's the "they're barbarians" argument that "Christians" used to slaughter the American Indians and take their land.
What Pal's do with their land is their OWN focking business! Now givvit back, PutinBibi!
> US should send israel as many bombs as they need
Rewarding land thieves will only make for more land theft. And is evil in my book.
Both sides are assholes. Claiming one asshole gets the land because they are slightly less of an asshole is silly "logic".
What is research but a blind date with knowledge? -- Will Harvey
